Author: kerimcclain

My hiatus turned out to take a little longer than I wanted. A couple of days ago, I had to put my cat Nubbins down and I didn’t feel like blogging. So apologies for that….

Things are about to get a little crazy in my life so I’ve decided to take a small hiatus from the blog. This week is finals week for my music theory, aural skills, and piano…

“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.” Michelangelo Chris Williamson of the Modern Wisdom podcast recently interviewed Susan Cain, author of the book Quiet. Her new book Bittersweet is…

I’ve slacked off a bit on my blog writing this past week. I keep meaning to sit down and brainstorm ideas but I never get around to it. I have been keeping to the “don’t…

My new workout routine has made me a little sore, and I realized yesterday morning that when I stretched, it was painful, but in a good way. So I was thinking about how stretching when…

I have been doing a small exercise routine in the mornings. It’s a course that I bought last year and I’m finally getting around to it. The course has several parts to it; beginner, intermediate,…

Yesterday in Music Theory, we were talking about opera and my teacher mentioned that most composers only wrote the music and someone else wrote the lyrics (or the libretto). I asked if there were any…

Fear is an intense emotion. So intense, in fact, that as adults we call it a less scary word: anxiety. But fear (or anxiety) are normal emotions. “We view fear as a disease,” says Robert…

I was listening to the Online Marketing Made Easy podcast with Amy Porterfield and she recently had a guest named Ed Mylett, who has written a book called The Power of One More. I had…

I noticed this morning that I have meditated every morning for the last 70 days. A new record for me, I think. Keeping to a routine is helpful for me not only to get all…